Cultivator



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Patented May 27, 1930 UNITED, s'rATs PATENT ARTHUR w. REYNOLDS, or LnoNAnnsvILLn, new roan, ,i smaoa To THE BAB-' cocx MANUFACTURING COMPANY, on LEONARDSVILLE, new "2031;, A CORPORA- TION OF NEW YORK Application filed May 17,

This invention relates to farming implements such as cultivators, plows and the like and refers to that class of farming implement which carries upon the frame thereof an ad- 5 justable wheel for supporting a part of the implement and especially for regulating the depth the teeth of the implement are to run in the soil which it cultivates.

The object of the invention is to simplify plows and implements of this class, and particularly to form a part of this adjusting means of or on the forward end portion of the cultivator or plow beam by providing an arcuate portion and a pivot with respect thereto, so that the Wheel-carrying bracket may be pivot-ally supported and the bracket made adjustable by its engagement with the said arc-uate portion as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing I l have shown my invention applied to the forward end of the center beam of a walking cultiva- 25 tor, the same being a commercial type of teeth if desired. I-Iandle members 11-11 horse-drawn cultivator extensively used.

The invention further relates to and con sists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter 39 more fully described, illustrated in the ac-- companying drawings and pointed out in the claimhereto appended. Variouschangesinthe form, proportion, size and minor details of construction within the scope of the claim may be obviously resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Upon the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification similar characters of reference will be found to denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several figures, and upon which,

Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a plain wheel walking cultivator embodying my improved adjusting mechanism for the wheel.

Fig. 2 shows an enlarged side elevational view of the wheel adjusting means as applied to a center cultivator beam, and

Fig. 3 shows a front elevation of the wheel and parts shown 1n Fig. 2.

While I have shown my invention 1n the acust-' oULTIvAroR" V i 1927. Serial No. 191,978..

companying drawings as applied to a plain wheel type of walking cultivator, yet it will i be obvious and within the scope of the claim to apply it to asingle beam plow or other form of soil cultivator, andirrespective of whether it be formed of rolled steel or iron, or is made integral with the said beam or made separate and applied thereto. e

In order that a clearer understanding of the invention and the cultivator-to which it is applied may be had, I will first briefly describe the-implement as'shown in Fig, 1

of the drawing and wherein 5 represents the center beam and to the forward end ofwhich' a whifiletree, not-shown, may be attached fordrawing the cultivator. '66 represent side beams .wlilch are hingedly attached as j in T to a yokemember 8 secured to the forward end portion of the side beam 6. Each of the three beams 5 and 6 are provided w th shanks 9 to which cultivator teeth 10 are secured, there being five of such shanks and teeth applied to the cultivator shown in the drawing though provision is inade' for the attachment of additional shanks and are secured as at 12- to the. center beam and are provided with braces 13 which support saidhandles with respect to the beam; The side beams 6-6ai-e made adjustable for spread purposes by means of'a slide 14 which,

18 and trigger connection 19 for securing the lever and slide in its adjusted position. Links 20 are provided on either side for connecting the slide with side beams in a "manner to adjust the same inward and outward to change the spread of the cultivator.

Braces 2121 are positioned betweenthe handles and links 20. The respective ends of said links being hingedly connected to said handles and said links to permit the spread of the side beams. I

The forward end of the center beam is curved up, around and disposed downwardly forming an arcuate member 22 and a bear i which is not possible with the commercial ing portion 23 having holes therein to support a pivotal bolt 24 and by means of which the wheel bracket 25 is pivotally connected. This wheel bracket is formed'of two similarly shaped SIClG members which when assembled, as shown in the drawings, forms 7 a forkedlower end portion 26 having aligned holes therein to receive a bolt 27. This bolt serves as a bearing or axle for the wheel 28 rotatably mounted th'erein. A clamping bolt 29 is positioned in aligned holes of the upper, end portions of the two members 7 forming the bracket 25 and adjacent to the outeredge of the arcua-te'member 22 of the forward end'of the cultivator beam.

7 From the foregoing, it will be seen thatby the loosening of the nut and bolt 29, the

bracket and wheel may be adj ustably swung upon its pivot 24 in a way to raise or lower the wheel and can be secured in such adjusted positions by again clamping the nut 29 which, as will be seen, is positioned close to the arcuate member and therefore adapted to securely clamp the two side portions of the bracket 25 thereto. By this means, it will be seen that the adjustment can be effected.

without the removal of either bolt 24 or 29 form of cultivator now on the market.

Having thus described my invention, what claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s V V a I 'In combination, an implement beam having its forward end curved upwardly around and then downwardly to form an arcuate downwardly disposed portion and a straight end portion having'a series of holes therein, a pivotalbearing carried in one of the holes in said downwardly extending end portionand concentric with said arcuate port1on, .a

wheel bracket formed of two parts,;one .,at

, each side of said forward end and pivoted in said bearing and having their upper ends terminating above said arcuate portion, a

* bolt passing through said upper ends in close proximityto said 'arcuate portion and clamp- 7 ing the bracket parts thereto in various adjusted positions, and a wheel carried in at the lower end of said bracket.

- Signed at Leonardsville in the county of Madison and State of New day of May, A. D., 1927.

7 y ARTHUR WV. REYNOLDS.

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